Insights
Read between the headlines.
The payments industry generates no shortage of opinions, predictions and competing narratives. Here, we share our perspective on the issues shaping the industry through articles, presentations, webinars and commentary.
Anthropic's retail agent push won't eliminate the need for independent AI
02/10/2026
Will agentic commerce push more merchants into marketplaces?
10/08/2026
Weekly Acceptance News Roundup 07/08/26
07/08/2026
Merchants’ fear of AI shopping agents is just a ‘hallucination’, four-wave international study finds
23/07/2026
UK bank ID scheme seeks to transform remote KYC, but who pays, and what happens when something goes wrong?
26/06/2026
Consumers want AI product discovery, but still look to marketplaces to complete the purchase
25/06/2026
Know your agent, but what about know your merchant: the trust gap at the heart of AI commerce
22/06/2026
Existential crisis for UK acquirers beckons as merchants flock to SaaS platforms
17/06/2026
Be the PayFac or rent the rails
16/06/2026